Polygonal Deformation of Toroidal Smectic-A Domains in Isotropic Phase Induced by Electric-Field Application

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 713-716

  Naito, Hiroyoshi ^a   Todorokihara, Masayoshi ^a   Hirose, Yoichi ^a   Zhong can, Ou Yang ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Binary mixture; Electric field effect; Equilibrium shapes; Polygonal deformation; Shape equation; Toroidal smectic A domains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542419003     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.67.713     Document Type: Article

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